I was chilling with my wife and Josh Benton (you know, the guy who runs the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard) during the “Fray Cafe” event at the Red Eyed Fly at SXSW last weekend. In comes Adam DeWitt (@xedmada) to have a beer because I posted my status on GoWalla, and all of the sudden I was on the way over to the Pure Volume venue in Austin to meet up with Craig Burross from High End Systems.

That’s like a freaking lighting nerd’s dream. So, I walk into Pure Volume with Adam, and there is truss everywhere. The venue has a very low ceiling, so Craig Burross and his team had installed some very interesting configurations in the club. I was very impressed. High End Systems, I heart you so much.

Cameron Gordon was busking as the lighting director at the venue. Nice work, Cameron!

I know the fixture counts I have won’t be accurate – but it was a Hog III and wing, 12 ShowPix, 6 ShowGuns, and 6 Cyberlight 2’s. Oh, and a bunch of DL3’s. The Cyberlight 2.0 is a <expletive> fantastic fixture. The industry needs a great scanner – Cyber 2.0 is where my money is going. That fixture has been awesome since it was first released. You and your huge creative brain, Richard Belliveau!

I made a little video of some of the lighting inside Pure Volume – check it out!